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   =?ISO-8859-1?Q?philo=A0?= to Gualtier Malde   
   Re: My XP has stopped running DOS progra   
   13 Oct 13 15:58:42   
   
   From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 10/13/2013 12:26 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:   
   > On 10/13/2013 7:44 AM, Grinder wrote:   
   >> On 10/12/2013 5:02 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:   
   >>> I have an Acer netbook with the following installation:   
   >>> OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3, 32 bit   
   >>> Processor: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz, x86 Family 6 Model 28   
   >>>   
   >>> There are a couple of DOS-based programs - one extremely valuable to me   
   >>> - which have stopped working.  The error window reads: "config.nt  The   
   >>> system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows   
   >>> applications.  Choose "Close" to terminate the application."   
   >>>   
   >>> I have looked and "config.nt" is in C:\i386 where I understand it   
   >>> belongs.   
   >>>   
      
      
      
      
   > I'm thinking of downloading the config.nt but we are leaving early   
   > tomorrow so I may not get much done until the weekend.   
   >   
   > gm   
   >   
      
      
      
   No need to do that, just copy it to Windows\system32   
      
   the one in i386 is just a backup copy   
      
      
   (along with the other two files if they are also missing)   
      
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